μασητήρ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰσά̆ομαι (masáomai, “to chew”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, “-er, -or”); akin to μᾰστά̆ζω (mastázō), μᾰστῐχά̆ω (mastikháō).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μᾰσητήρ • (masētḗr) m (genitive μᾰσητῆρος); third declension

  1. A chewer.
    μῦς μᾰσητήρ ― mûs masētḗr ― a muscle of the lower jaw, used in chewing; the masseter

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ μᾰσητήρ; τοῦ μᾰσητῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μᾰσητήρ
ho masētḗr 		τὼ μᾰσητῆρε
tṑ masētêre 		οἱ μᾰσητῆρες
hoi masētêres
Genitive τοῦ μᾰσητῆρος
toû masētêros 		τοῖν μᾰσητήροιν
toîn masētḗroin 		τῶν μᾰσητήρων
tôn masētḗrōn
Dative τῷ μᾰσητῆρῐ
tôi masētêri 		τοῖν μᾰσητήροιν
toîn masētḗroin 		τοῖς μᾰσητῆρσῐ / μᾰσητῆρσῐν
toîs masētêrsi(n)
Accusative τὸν μᾰσητῆρᾰ
tòn masētêra 		τὼ μᾰσητῆρε
tṑ masētêre 		τοὺς μᾰσητῆρᾰς
toùs masētêras
Vocative μᾰσητήρ
masētḗr 		μᾰσητῆρε
masētêre 		μᾰσητῆρες
masētêres
Notes:

Descendants

→ New Latin: massētēr

→ English: masseter

References

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